Lewis Banda

{{short description|Zimbabwean sprinter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2021}}

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| nationality = Zimbabwean

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 400 meters, 4x400 Relay, 4x100 Relay

| collegeteam = Texas Christian University

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|09|16}}

| birth_place = Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

| residence = United States

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400m: 44.48 s

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{{Medal|Country | {{ZIM}} }}

{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Gold | 2004 African Championships in Athletics | 4 × 400 metres relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze | 2007 All-Africa Games | 4 × 400 metres relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze | 2007 All-Africa Games | 4 × 100 metres relay}}

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Lewis Simon Banda (born 16 September 1982 in Tshabalala) is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

His personal best time is 44.58 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Tucson. This is the current Zimbabwean record. The same year he reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{ZIM}}
rowspan=2|2002

|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=2|Manchester, United Kingdom

| –

|400

|DQ

|4 × 400 m relay

|DQ

rowspan=3|2004

|rowspan=2|African Championships

|rowspan=2|Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

|4th

|200 m

|21.08

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.38

Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|8th (sf)

|400 m

|45.23

2006

|African Championships

|Bambous, Mauritius

|7th

|400 m

|47.18

rowspan=4|2007

|rowspan=3|All-Africa Games

|rowspan=3|Algiers, Algeria

|20th (sf)

|400

|47.22

bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.16 (NR)

bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:04.84

World Championships

|Osaka, Japan

|28th (h)

|400 m

|45.47

2008

|Olympic Games

|Beijing, China

|47th (h)

|400 m

|46.76